Iron & Wine
Kingdom of the Animals
[Verse 1]
Jenny was gone and the moon blooms all shinin'
As we dragged our panic up and down the riverbed
Sweatin' wild and weird in our Sunday clothes
[Verse 2]
Jenny was gone, though I thought that I knew her
And the rain came howlin' out of Virginia
Blue tick blowin' the water out her nose
[Verse 3]
Jenny and me in the front row and singin'
'Bout how heaven calls the kingdom of the animals
All and all revealed to us one day
[Verse 4]
Jenny and me on the hilltop and peekin'
At all their upturned bottles jumpin' like leopards
Jaw harp teasin' the brush fire in its rage
[Verse 5]
Jenny came back and the wet road still shinin'
In our eyes, an angel clear and coronal
Clothed in all that's prodigal and strange
[Verse 6]
Jenny came back and I thought that I heard her
Murmur somethin' 'bout no men in Virginia
Spat on the ground like a letter tossed away
[Verse 7]
Jenny and me in my dead truck and turnin' over
Just where heaven calls the kingdom of the animals
Scratchin' our heads where the wolf would go to lay
[Verse 8]
Jenny and me as the moon blooms were closin'
And both her wide-eyed brothers runnin' like shepherds
Dreamin' the heat of the fields all in flames